From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: FOAD Gewgle
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:27:02 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:11:24 -0800, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-01-30 15:55, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:25:42 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-01-30 14:58, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:27:03 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-01-30 14:22, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:59:49 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2025-01-30 07:28, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This, to watch Harrison Ford in a Whiskey ad:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sign in to confirm your age
>>>>>>>> This video may be inappropriate for some users.
>>>>>>>> Sign in
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am NOT pleased with your selling my information
>>>>>>>> unless I get a cut, and I ain't.
>>>>>>> Great.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You are not owed the right to watch anything on YouTube.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stop whining.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Public utility dictates otherwise.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where is that doctrine enshrined in law that you have the right to watch
>>>>> YouTube
>>>>>
>>>>>> I get the same crap looking for Ford
>>>>>> parts as aftershave.
>>>>> I really don't care.
>>>>
>>>> Gewgle is a private corporation _squatting_ on the
>>>> internet like some incipient Infostate using
>>>> information they don't own and technology they
>>>> didn't invent.
>>> That is complete bullshit.
>>>
>>> They own YouTube. It costs MONEY to run YouTube.
>>
>> That's why I'm willing to SEE their adverts.
>
> But not willing to sign up...
Waste of my time, like talkin' to you, a fuckin'Bot.
>
> ...so too bad, so sad for you.
>
>>
>>>
>>> You are not entitled to use YouTube except by the terms that Google sets.
>>
>> Wrong. You don't read too good: uploading and viewing ain't the same.
>
> Wrong. Google is not obligated to let you do ANYTHING on YouTube if they
> don't want to.
If I ping 8.8.8.8 and it's not there, its *mine*.
Google, and you, are squatting on the Commons.
Dhu
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